User:Federalist51/Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick

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Reed Elsevier, Inc., et al. v. Muchnick, et al., 559 U.S. ___ (2010) is an opinion by the United States Supreme Court concerning the jurisdiction of federal courts over copyright claims when no copyright has been registered.

The Court held that while §411(a) of the Copyright Act requires copyright holders to register their works before suing for copyright infringement, failure to register does not deprive federal courts of subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate infringement claims involving unregistered works.